GOODFELLAS – FUNNY LIKE A CLOWN My Favourite Movie Scenes

It is at this point in the classic Scorsese gangster movie that we first get a real idea of just how dangerous Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci) is. So far the movie has been a kind of romanticised gangster nostalgia trip. This ‘joke’ makes it clear that this world is very real and one wrong word might just be your last, the fact that there is no violence makes it seem even more threatening.